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Earns its place for packing pattern selection, color variation, seed, bump and scale into one node, plus a Value output for isolating individual components.
Greek Patterns is a procedural node for Blender that generates seamless Greek ornamental patterns for your materials. Everything is packed into a single node, so you adjust the look through its parameters. You can pick from five unique patterns and change their appearance with color variation, where 0 keeps the original color scheme and 1 shifts to completely different colors.
A seed input drives endless variations, with each number producing a different color combination. A bump factor feeds the BSDF output, and a scale parameter sizes the pattern. The node also provides a Value output that lets you isolate and customize each individual pattern component, expanding what you can build from a single material.
The set includes a Blend file with one material, and documentation is provided. The node works in both the Cycles and Eevee render engines and requires UV texture coordinate space. It was created in Blender 4.3.0 and also works with recent earlier versions, with listed support for Blender 4.3, 4.2 and 4.1.
Greek Patterns is best for blender artists who need seamless Greek ornamental patterns in their materials with adjustable colors, seed and bump.
Greek Patterns is completely free to download and use.
Greek Patterns was created in Blender 4.3.0 and also runs on recent earlier versions, with listed support for Blender 4.3, 4.2 and 4.1. If you're on 4.2, the node functions as described. It works across the Cycles and Eevee render engines and requires the UV texture coordinate space to map correctly, so make sure your mesh is unwrapped before applying the material. For the most current version details, check the developer's page.
Greek Patterns runs in both the Cycles and Eevee render engines, so you can use it regardless of which of the two you have set for your scene. The node requires UV texture coordinate space, meaning your object needs to be UV unwrapped for the pattern to display properly. All of the parameters, including the five patterns, color variation, seed, bump factor and scale, are available in either engine through the single node.
Greek Patterns is listed as free in this catalog, and it is distributed under a Creative Commons license according to the developer. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the current terms and any usage conditions it is best to confirm directly on the developer's page before you rely on it in a project. The set includes a Blend file containing one material with the node ready to use.
Greek Patterns ships as a Blend file containing one material built around the node. Inside that node you can adjust five unique patterns, color variation, a seed for different color combinations, a bump factor for the BSDF output and scale. A Value output lets you isolate and customize each individual pattern component to expand what you can do with it. Documentation is provided to help you get started.
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